Warm vs Cold Spray Rinse?

[Chetlaham]

I've been thinking. Since water is forced through clothes during a spray rinse, does warm water make any difference over cold water? I know warm water relaxes fibers in a deep rinse for better rinsing out of detergents but does this also extend to a spray rinse?

 

[qsd-dan]

does warm water make any difference over cold water?

Yes!

 

[phillymatt53]

I knew this from using other machines.
That is why I modified my Maytag to use a warm water spray/deep rinse.

 

[DADoES]

My daily-driver machines run a cold rinse ... except the F&Ps should rinse at the same temp as wash on the Woolens cycle, and the Neppy TL has a Warm/Warm choice although I expect the ATC rinse warm is more limited than the ATC wash warm. I can get any temp for rinse on the three machines connected to the tub faucet in the master bathroom. Maybe I'll run an additional rinse at a warmer temp on a future load in there to observe any evidence of more detergent/suds removal than what occurs on the cold rinse (which is appreciably none).

 

[Chetlaham]

does warm water make any difference over cold water?

Yes!

Is that due to the increased volume or the relaxing of the fibers? Cold sprays are tempting from an energy saving standpoint, however, if they can improve rinsing, why not?

 

[qsd-dan]

Is that due to the increased volume or the relaxing of the fibers?

Both

 

[tomturbomatic]

I've been thinking. Since water is forced through clothes during a spray rinse, does warm water make any difference over cold water? I know warm water relaxes fibers in a deep rinse for better rinsing out of detergents but does this also extend to a spray rinse?

cold water is better for knocking down suds and discouraging suds formation than warm water.

 

[phillymatt53]

cold water is better for knocking down suds and discouraging suds formation than warm water.

That may be, however using a low-sudsing detergent makes that a moot point.
I've been using the Windfresh powdered detergent for decades now and never had a problem.
Even in my Kenmore DD, it eliminates the suds-lock issue.

 

[Chetlaham]

That may be, however using a low-sudsing detergent makes that a moot point.
I've been using the Windfresh powdered detergent for decades now and never had a problem.
Even in my Kenmore DD, it eliminates the suds-lock issue.

As far as I am concerned HE detergent is so top load washers can spray rinse.

 

[qsd-dan]

That may be, however using a low-sudsing detergent makes that a moot point.

Having a washer that isn't prone to suds locking is key. In my situation of a water softener coupled with a tempering valve increasing both cold and warm temps (85F cold and 120F warm) plus increasing water volume and using non HE detergent dosed on the heavy side, the Maytag 806 should definitely be suds locking. It never does.

 

[phillymatt53]

Having a washer that isn't prone to suds locking is key. In my situation of a water softener coupled with a tempering valve increasing both cold and warm temps (85F cold and 120F warm) plus increasing water volume and using non HE detergent dosed on the heavy side, the Maytag 806 should definitely be suds locking. It never does.

My Maytag A482 doesn't suds lock either, even with loads of foam after a wash.
That's if I use a higher sudsing detergent on occasion.
But the portable DD Kenmore struggles sometimes, because that warp-speed agitator foams up things.

 

[Chetlaham]

My Maytag A482 doesn't suds lock either, even with loads of foam after a wash.
That's if I use a higher sudsing detergent on occasion.
But the portable DD Kenmore struggles sometimes, because that warp-speed agitator foams up things.

I remember the compact world washers (the OG VMWs) were impossible to get them to suds lock.